Resume for the Silver Millennium Disclaimer
Resume for the Silver Millennium
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon
or Dragonball... or any of it's affiliates. Sorry, I'm not too great
with battle scenes but I felt this would be the best way to get the story going
the way I wanted it to :)
I sat myself down and said 'you're writing a chapter before you do anything
else' so here it is...
Serenity awoke to the sun
streaming in her window. Her clothing had been draped over a delicate
scarlet chaise lounge. It was a perfect day for a battle... except she
couldn't seem get rid of the burning sensation in her throat... or the
queasiness in her stomach.
*Not today* she thought to
herself. *Not in the middle of this*
"Prince Vegeta.... yes, you
are scheduled to fight first today... but it seems your partner is not able to
attend."
"I'll fight them alone."
"I cannot authorize-"
"I will fight them
alone." he repeated in a deathly calm voice.
The woman at the station narrowed
her eyes and adjusted her glasses. "Alright. You may fight
alone. I'll leave it to you to tell your partner."
He nodded and walked away.
The onna wouldn't need to know.
"Poor baby." Queen
Serenity soothed, rubbing her daughter's back. "Just go back to
bed. I have already informed them of your absence. Feel
better." She left, closing the door as lightly as she could.
Princess Serenity moved back to the bed and lay down.
"Ouch." Jadeite mumbled
as he moved off of... the floor. He had slept on the floor. That was
why his back hurt so bad.. but it didn't explain-
"Morning. Hope you're
awake and-"
"Well aren't we just a big
heaping pile of hot-"
"You'll be fighting today to
determine the top two."
"What?!" his head shot
up.
Nephrite grinned. "You
should get ready." he said in a somewhat know-it-all voice. Jadeite
grumbled before taking some aspirin and going back to his room to get changed.
Setsuna opened the door to
Hotaru's room... to find her already dressed.
"Is it time to go?" She
asked, her voice betraying her, allowing Setsuna to see how anxious she really
was.
"Not yet." She
said. When she saw Hotaru's disappointed expression, she decided to
elaborate. "But soon."
Hotaru gave a squeal of approval
and went out in the main room to wait.
"Rei-chan." A soft voice
said next to her. She turned over to see Ami standing next to her bed. She
was smiling and holding a sheet of paper. "According to my sources it
is almost time for-"
Rei groaned and rolled over.
For some reason she had a terrible... Jadeite. Stupid Jadeite. All
the wine he gave her made her crave coffee. All that caffeine.... From
there, she was up all night running through new attack phrases and seeing how
much damage she could do. As a matter of fact, a piece of the wall had
been blown out and through the singed area, you could see the nearby lake.
"Rei-chan you have to get
up. The battle will begin-"
Rei's jumped up and flung open the
doors to the giant armoire in her room. Almost immediately, clothes were
being thrown out and onto a heap in the floor beside Ami. Within seconds,
Rei had stopped and looked over to Ami.
"Oh Goddess... I'm turning
into the Odango Atama..."
Ami giggled and left the room.
"The first battle is about to
begin." a voice boomed through the hallways. Usagi awoke with a start
just in time to hear the rest of the announcement. "Princess Serenity
of the Moon will not be attending today. Her partner, Prince Vegeta has
agreed to fight alone."
Her eyes widened in
surprise. *Why would he go and do that?* She shrugged, feeling too
horrible to even try and get up.
"Surprise!" The door
flew open and slammed against the wall. Serenity threw her covers over her
head. Last time Minako had tried to help Rei... let's just say Rei did
everything in her power not to get sick again.
She could hear Minako stepping
into the room and metal and glass clattering in a mess to the floor.
Usa-chan! Get up get up! Mako-chan gave me this new recipe for soup
and soup is good for you when you're sick!" She pulled down the
blanket somewhat to find Minako smiling and brandishing what looked like a
combination of... cough medicine... and cough drops. She held out a
teaspoon mock mother-style. "Here comes the choo-choo."
Queen Serenity watched as the
fighters took their marks. Jadeite and Rei vs. Vegeta. Not exactly a
fair match... to Rei and Jadeite. They hadn't had the kind of
"training" Vegeta had. That's all the King would tell her about
the training. That it was like nothing any of the other planets had ever
experienced. She abandoned the thought as a high pitched whistle broke the
silence.
A whistle was blown and the fight
began. Vegeta watched as first the man walked out into the ring. He
was... of course... going to give them the advantage of fighting together, but
they had declined. *How stupid* he thought. *I've beaten their
Prince.. the best fighter in their land and one of the weaker ones come to challenge
me* He gave a look over at Rei who seemed to be seething... that or she
was in pain. *she may pose a bit of a threat. she has much hidden
power*
The sword slashed down beside
him. He side-stepped again, ducking as it flew overhead with a loud
swish. Once more it came down towards him. He growled and grabbed
it, yanking it out of his hands and bending the metal at the same time.
Jadeite took a step back. Of
course he knew there was no way he was going to beat this prince, but he wasn't
going to go down without a-
Serenity was still trying to get
the taste of the medicine out of her mouth. Minako had gone into the
kitchen to get some soup. That wasn't the bad part. The clattering
she heard in the nearby area was.
She rolled over in the bed and
sighed. Her eyes were almost closed when... A HA! She picked up the
small communication device and hit the little green button. "Please
have yours Mako-chan please please- MAKO-CHAN! Get over here and
bring Kunzite! Minako-chan is playing doctor!"
Makoto let a soft chuckle escape,
but immediately turned it into a cough at Serenity's sour expression. She
nodded. "'kay, girl. I'll be over in a second. Hope you
can hang on until-"
The screen shut off as she heard
Minako come humming down the hall.
Jadeite's train of thought was cut
off as Vegeta did a round-house kick, effectively knocking him out of the
ring.
Rei groaned. Her head was
killing her. Now WHY hadn't she taken Ami-chan's advice and just taken the
damn aspirin? She looked back to the ring just in time to see her partner
be taken out by an easy kick. She shook her head and stood. Of all
the attacks, she still hadn't figured what she wanted to use. Then it hit
her. She smiled wickedly and walked into the ring, her head held high.
The whistle was blown once more
Hotaru was bouncing in her seat,
watching the fight. "Is it almost time?"
"Yes, Hotaru. It's
almost time."
She smiled and looked down into
the field. By the area where Vegeta had entered, her partner and the
Saiyan King stood. She smiled thinking about her partner. He was so
cute and... She smiled once more and turned to the woman beside her.
"How many more minutes?"
It was Setsuna's turn to smile.
"Athene Crimson Warrior,
Spark!" she shouted, allowing the red glow to engulf her. Vegeta
smirked. Maybe it wouldn't be so hard after all. He sent a small
blast forward, testing her. Not surprisingly it was absorbed into the red
around her.
*Ha* she thought. *Offense
spells never would have helped me with him. I need defense.... now if I
can just keep this up for long enough...* She let a Fire Soul go towards
him. The smirk never faded from his face as he powered up slightly.
The aura around him got rid of it easily. *Uh oh*
"Serenity... you need to have
some souuuup. It's good for you!"
Serenity kept her lips locked and
shook her head to the negative. *Where is Mako-chan anyways?*
"Usagi-chan?"
"In here!" she
near-shouted, allowing Minako time to shove the spoon in her mouth. The
soup wasn't actually that- she had talked too soon. The horrible
after-taste sent shivers down her spine.
"Hey Minako-chan. Want
to go watch the rest of the fight with us?" Makoto asked her.
"I don't know.
Usagi-chan really needs my help and all."
"You can go Minako-chan!
It's okay! I'll just sleep!"
"Well..."
Makoto elbowed Kunzite and he
stepped further into the room.
"I'd love to." she said
as she latched herself onto Kunzite's arm. They all turned to leave and
Serenity gave a sigh of relief. *I wonder how Vegeta's doing*
"How much longer?"
Hotaru asked once more.
Setsuna sighed.
Rei moved to the side and prepared
another attack, this time a Burning Mandala. She threw it at him, but as
she did so, he took the liberty of appearing behind her and using a small blast
to throw her forward, effectively stopping her defense attack while she was
down. She moved to get up as soon as she could, but he stepped on her
hand. She narrowed her eyes at him as his name was announced as the
winner.
"Pathetic" he muttered
as he made his way out of the ring. *The onna should know about
this* He turned and went the opposite way of his room and headed towards
hers. In the meanwhile, the next fight was being announced.
"The last battle of the day
will occur in twenty minutes." it boomed and shut off.
Ami giggled as Zoicite made
another face, mimicking Kunzite on one of his bad days. "And you must
do this and this and I don't want anything done- Hey guys. Back so
soon?" Kunzite had appeared, a blonde girl still hanging on his
arm... and talking a mile a minute.
"So you're from the
earth. How did you get to be one of Endymion's generals? I heard
you're his first in command that must be a real honor. Well.
Technically, I'm Serenity's first in command and-"
The conversations mostly picked up
where they had been before.
"I'm going to battle.
I'm going to battle." Hotaru sang as she skipped. They had always
told her how powerful she was, but she never got to test it like this. The
only bad thing was that she was going to have to fight with Uranus and
Neptune. They had taken her in when the King of Saturn had died and she
was not old enough to claim the throne. She bit her lip, beginning to feel
a little bit less excited about fighting now.
Setsuna noticed and attempted to
reassure her. "Just do your best Firefly. We'll be proud of you
no matter how you place." Hotaru smiled.
Rei and Jadeite walked down the
hallway towards the seats in silence until-
"Does your head hurt as much
as mine?"
Jadeite looked over and nodded, a
smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.
"Good." she said and
began to walk a little quicker. He sighed.
"I'm sorry about the alcohol
it will never happen again. I promise." He gave her what looked
like a boy scout sign. She shook her head and started walking again, now
smiling.
Michiru and Haruka walked out into
the ring. They had already agreed that Michiru would take care of Hotaru.
Haruka especially wanted to test the Saiyan.
He was already standing there, a
smirk on his face. Haruka followed his line of vision to see none other
than Hotaru standing with Setsuna. Michiru saw the fist Haruka was balling
in her hand and took it into her own. A reassuring smile later, they were
ready for battle.
Serenity heard the door creak open
and then shut. "Oh no... Minako I said you could-" she stopped
abruptly as Vegeta entered the room. "I'm sorry, I thought you
were-"
"I just came to tell you that
we will be moving on to the top two tomorrow."
"That's great!" Serenity
squealed, sitting up. Upon realizing that the blanket was no longer
covering the tiny night-gown, she flushed a scarlet shade. Vegeta smirked
and turned to leave. "No wait!"
He turned and with a hint of
annoyance, asked only, "what?"
Serenity beamed at him.
"Tell me about what happened." *I need to have SOMETHING to
throw at Rei-chan in the morning. Then she can't call me Odango Atama
anymore... okay she'll still call me Odango Atama but-* She was brought
out of her thoughts by Vegeta's harsh voice.
"What do you want to
know?"
"Just tell me about it.
How'd you beat them? What did Rei-chan use? Was she any good?
Did her partner help at all? How was it overall?"
The questions never seemed to
end. He started explaining the battle in a somewhat exasperated tone and
Serenity settled in, ready to take in every word.
As the whistle was blown, Haruka
growled and leapt at Kakarot, throwing punches and kicks at him. Michiru
noted seriously she was taking this fight. As she turned, she also found
Hotaru grinning at her. "Neptune deep submerge!" she let the
small turquoise planet sped towards Hotaru, who quickly threw out her own
attack.
"Silence wall!"
The purple barrier appeared just in time. After the turqoise ball had
dissipated, she threw out her newest attack. "Cronos Night by Day,
Charm!"
Tiny moons, suns and stars
appeared, flying seemingly from everywhere towards Michiru who dodged as many as
she could. When she finally had enough time, she crouched and sent out her
own. "Poseidon Majestic Trident, Summon!"
For some odd reason he didn't mind
answering her questions anymore. It was kinda like she was growing on
him. *Like a weed* he thought. He turned to look at her, taking in
her silvery hair and petite frame.. her stunning blue eyes and pink lips.. the
blush that covered her cheeks. He was now aware that he had been
staring. He smirked. *A good weed*
A large fork-like staff appeared
and sent out pieces of sea water to counter Hotaru's. As they hit the
suns, they exploded, causing major harm to themselves, mostly Michiru, and even
catching Haruka off-guard once.
Michiru moved to avoid one
explosion but was hit by another major one, knocking her sideways and onto her
arm. Hotaru ran to her to find her arm was twisted in a way it shouldn't
have been.
"I'm so sorry. I'll go
get someone." She stood and ran to the side of the ring, ushering in
some of the medics to help her get to the rejuvenation tanks.
Haruka had been doing incredibly
well with the saiyan up to this point, throwing little attacks and countering
his... though she knew he was playing with her. She could sense his
power. One of the "advantages" of being related to the first
titan.
"Uranus Sky King
Mirage!" she shouted, allowing the shades of yellow and orange to overtake
him. She smirked. There was no way he was going to be able to battle
now. He was as good as blind.. or at least she thought.
Kakarot blinked several times,
trying to clear the picture of a sandy desert from his view. He smirked
and closed his eyes. Lesson number three hundred twenty two. Sensing
power levels. Just recently they had learned of how to do so. It
wasn't widely accepted. Most still used scouters, but it would work in
this case.
He ran forward, towards where he
felt the female's power level and sent a kick forward. He wasn't surprised
to hear her grunt in response and stumble backward. A punch to her stomach
and another kick sent her onto the ground. The images were becoming
hazy. Proof that she was weakening, but she was still putting up a good
fight... for a human...
He felt her deliver a blow to his
chest. *Good. The female knows how to fight. But I'm boring of
this.* He grabbed her hand and flipped her over him and back onto the
ground where he stepped on her stomach, holding her there. As the
announcer told the winner, the vision finally faded. He looked down at the
female and pulled her to her feet.
"Congratulations" she
spat. He merely walked away.
"Tomorrow will be the final
fight. Prepare well." the announcement blew through every hallway and
into Serenity's room. Vegeta's eyes widened at the time. He stood and
walked to the door. For hours they had just been sitting.
Listening. Sitting some more.... and then Serenity had fallen
asleep. He was going to leave right then... but something compelled him
not to. Whatever it was made him stay there for nearly four hours.
"Iwanu ga hana" he said
softly before closing the door and making his way down the hallway.
"I'm sorry about last
time. Maybe I could take you out for something with... not so much alcohol
in it next time?" Jadeite asked, smiling hopefully.
Rei smiled also and nodded.
"Maybe it's just the pounding in my head but that sounds nice."
She walked into her room and shut the door, only to hear Ami step in moments
later.
"I haven't had that much fun
in ages."
"Yeah, me neither."
Kunzite had "decided" to
escort Minako to her room ("All on his own too!"). "That
was so much fun. Hey, do you want to get together tomorrow after the last
fight? It's kind of a tradition that my friends and I have a little
party."
"I'd like that." he
smiled.
She closed the door and waited for
his footsteps to get far enough away before, "Yes! Kunzite is sooo
hot!" Now fully composed, she made her way into the bathroom to get
ready for bed.
Makoto appeared minutes
later. She quickly made her way into the room adjoining Minako's... hoping
not to run into-
"So! Where'd you and
Nephrite sneak off to today, huh?" She sighed. It would be a
long night.
"I don't like the way that
saiyan was looking at Hotaru." Haruka growled as they walked in the door.
"And why not may I ask?"
Michiru looked at her, waiting for an answer.
"He's not good enough for
her." she said simply before walking out of the room and towards the
bedroom.
Michiru smiled and made her way in
as well.
The lights turned out all over the
palace grounds. One more battle and all would be decided... at least in
Queen Serenity's eyes...